Bertha Ngumbi, my sweet mother, is one of the kindest women I know. But when I was a kid growing up in Kenya with four siblings, her kindness annoyed me. My siblings — three sisters and one brother
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In an 1838 journal entry Ralph Waldo Emerson warned against mistaking contradiction for persecution: "Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted." Two centuries later, that error feels endemic to social media and celebrity culture — and it...
This week’s news roundup was heavy on déjà vu — repeating Met Gala looks, a Netflix adaptation of another bestselling book, and a viral video controversy that put Kash Patel in the headlines. A quiz on the week’s top stories asks which clip sparked the fuss.
Most of Spirit Airlines' fleet is grounded. But a few of its bright yellow planes were in the air this week — including Nomadic
The cost of mining in Indonesia Reporting by Katerina Barton Photography by Claire Harbage Graphics by Connie Hanzhang Jin Published May 7, 2026 Autoplay video? Over the past decade, Indonesia has rapidly grown its nickel industry and now produces more than half the world’s nickel supply.
